Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02


haud. Il oafiinss the work for the
yssr uow opsuine-0 ss0bsr iss-eOu-
aistInR Of ssadiss 10 ADsriesn Rlaory
and Ldssrafufs. Classic German, Courss
% KarIisb. Church Hissoss, Plan Of
salvasion, Physialoay aod HyRisns. A
pfamfnens fsstuFs 81 the readings u q
ssriss Of articles "a the 1oafAlv CAan-
fangnon ca "Amsfican leduatR e,
anieh Gill prove especially interesting
hey are As follow; Riour. Mskina,
sals Manusaeture, Electric laRhafna.
Pottery, OIL. Prodncina aud Rs6ufng.
Glass nakisa. 6hip Yards. Car works,
and Cloth Raoseries.
ELouR MAKrEo.
TIE hrst article written By Albert
Shaw casts some deep shadows over
gFessns tendencies OF she hsur indus
lrlss, showiDR tie ineiinAtiou 70 large
eontral OF mills. which crush ous tot
smaller woSka In Wisconsin MIME
sata, NoFaa Carolina, Virginia, Nsw
York. Illinois, Massachusetts and Mich
,aan the deere Sc Of milling establish
ments in seven years has been from q
20 40 Ger oent.. while from IN estimate
ID Col. HaWksf's directory. there wes .
decrease OF 6 per cent, from 1850 70 1884
lhFouRhqut she country. and 20 Ger cent
iFom 1884 20 1885. Yea toe pfodact and
manufaufuFe has increased from - 81
erist mills, employinR s. 4fe rand. VIA
produaine value Of e444 500 600. u
1870. 70 24,8S8 milla, employing s. 401
hsa0s, taFolng cot 9 pgoduct Of $685.
100 oo0in 1880.
Gov. PillabuFy, OF Minnesota, sayI
more than half Of the merchant mills Of
that Stats. outside Of Minns spolis, havs
been closed within few years. Ff1eet
great milling cities Of the United States
oruduoed 14.0O00 900 barrels of dour iI
1881. aad 1900. 90 IN 1855. showing the
immeuss growth Of
TKHss oaRAT cxNTHns
And The tendency 70 crush out ell thl
smaller enterprises. Minneapolis hsI
tWenty-thFee Touring mills With q daily
sapaesty VI IS 600 barrels. producing oveI
s 10000 Per year, whien IL more thar
zoe pFodaot Of several thousand South
aFn mills.
TIE entire Paoias Coast produces bul
1850. 900 barrels per year. sbout three
aftbs Of which is xported.
Tbe great elemeus 10 the eo1tFal ten
denoy 10 the cost Of tbs machinery ovs'
hsi Of labor. Colonel Wright has
sh0wn that IN q Minneapolis merchani
mil the osss Of wskinR barrel Of 4 nj
sivea labor only 028 pr cent, material
81 II ger can't. and all other elements
90 per cent.
Tkia Il one Of The. most vital quas-
tons 10 o1F people 81 che present tune
With Q Territory capable Of shipp,ns
10000 tons Of wheat per year, witch
s@pFessnts Ieo 900 tons Of AouF. 81 !. 900.
100 barr IL (sboat the actual outpus Of
tue s.. LJuia mills-1,90 900 barrels
Ehich 10 TIE seooad milling center "a
she Uaion), somebody ought TO be erect.
inR hugs merohanI mills, and wherever
thess may be located will be the
MrNRsARoLIs or raE NoaTHWxsr.
Ilisa strange feet that railroads, nos
sateFooursss. control the wheat trads.
while exporting 10, 000, 900 barrels Per
year. moetly from the great Mississippi
valley. ID Ia 10 be noticed that instead
II following this princely watereourse
70 the gulf. the wheat Roes BY rail q
Ohiaseo. thence mostly TO New York.
II this policy 10 continued. ue may
nnd Washington wheat running east
ard 10 Minneapolis. instead Of west
sard to the zee, untll the future oiviliSa-
ION OF Asia opens q western market to
a. wheat d-lds. With the Seattle,
Lake Shore 4 EsstsFn read tapping the
Eheat Zelda. the future would be clear
independent Of ell other industries.
Oae OF the larRa mills 81 Minneapolis is
LIS lees long, i66 feet vide and 10 fee
slRh. With eiRhs dooFs. u hes Q capsci-
~ Of 100 barrels per day. usually Fua-
ing about 5000. thus using Is 00C
aashels n the twenty-fouF hours. Two
eundEed cars per day are required 30
feed this mammoth auiomaton, which
sapplies bread 10 . million American
and half million EuropeaDa.